Plag, Ingo,

Word-formation in English / Ingo Plag. - xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics . - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts -- Studying complex words -- Productivity and the mental lexicon -- Affixation -- Derivation without affixation -- Compounding -- Theoretical issues: modeling word-formation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, focussing specifically on English. This text will be of interest to all students of English language and linguistics.

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English language--Word formation

PE1175 / .P58 2003

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